Bhagavata Purana 11.22.13
Srimad Bhagavatam · 22 · Verse 13
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Sanskrit Original
सत्त्वं ज्ञानं रज: कर्म तमोऽज्ञानमिहोच्यते । गुणव्यतिकर: काल: स्वभाव: सूत्रमेव च ॥ १३ ॥
sattvaṁ jñānaṁ rajaḥ karma tamo ’jñānam ihocyate guṇa-vyatikaraḥ kālaḥ svabhāvaḥ sūtram eva ca
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In this world the mode of goodness is recognized as knowledge, the mode of passion as fruitive work, and the mode of darkness as ignorance. Time is perceived as the agitated interaction of the material modes, and the totality of functional propensity is embodied by the primeval sūtra, or mahat-tattva.